Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 56-26, Dallas 50-32
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Dallas loses at Houston, 118-pts-108
Game 2 on Tuesday, 21 April: Dallas loses at Houston, 111-pts-99
Game 3 on Friday, 24 April: Houston wins at Dallas, 130-pts-128
Game 4 on Sunday, 26 April: Houston loses at Dallas, 121-pts-109
Game 5 on Tuesday, 28 April: Dallas loses at Houston, 103-pts-94

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and topped the Dallas Mavericks 103-pts-94 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1274 victory. With the series 1274 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 14-16 overall and 2-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1274 loss, the Dallas Mavericks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-16 overall and 5-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1274 was WWWLW: Series 1274 thus becomes the seventh NBA Preliminary-round series, the 33rd NBA series (all rounds), and the 84th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Dallas Mavericks hosted and topped the Houston Rockets 121-pts-109 to drop the Houston Rockets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1274 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 5 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 5 record of 3-6.

After Game 3: The Houston Rockets visited and topped the Dallas Mavericks 130-pts-128 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1274 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. Houston trailed in Dallas by seven points at halftime. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1946, inclusive, road teams down seven at the half had a game record of 21-86 (.196). Houston and Dallas combined for a total of 258 points in series 1274 Game 3. Those 258 points are the most ever by both teams in a best-of-7 format NBA Preliminary-round Game 3, overtime or no overtime (shattering the old best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round Game 3 mark of 237 by the Rockets and the Portland Trailblazers in 2014). Those 258 points are the most points by both teams in a best-of-7 non-overtime NBA playoff game since series 497, in which the Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Boston Celtics 141-pts-122 in Game 2 of the 1987 NBA Finals.

After Game 2: The Houston Rockets hosted and topped the Dallas Mavericks 111-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1274 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 4-2 and a Game 3 record of 1-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Dallas Mavericks have a series record of 1-8 and a Game 3 record of 6-3.

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 118-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1274 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished six games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks. From 1947 through the 2014 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by six regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 19-4 (.826) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1274 is the 30th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the 28th for the Dallas Mavericks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 13-16 (with an active three-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 1-6, and a Game 1 record of 12-17, while the Dallas Mavericks have an all-rounds series record of 12-15, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-6, and a Game 1 record of 9-18. Series 1274 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas defeated Houston in series 946, in the 2005 NBA Preliminary round.